Tortured socialist becomes Chilean president

Socialist paediatrician Michelle Bachelet, who suffered prison, torture and exile under Chile’s military dictatorship, was sworn in as the nation’s first female president today.

Tortured socialist becomes Chilean president
Sat, 11 Mar, 2006 - 19:25

Socialist paediatrician Michelle Bachelet, who suffered prison, torture and exile under Chile’s military dictatorship, was sworn in as the nation’s first female president today.

Bachelet took her oath before Senate President Eduardo Frei at the crowded Hall of Honour of Chile’s Congress in this port city near Santiago.

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